The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC, Chairperson Kim Hong-Il) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will enhance their cooperation and support in disseminating Korea’s anti-corruption policies to developing countries by extending the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

On November 29 in the morning at the Government Complex Seoul, ACRC will extend the MOU with UNDP concerning the dissemination of anti-corruption policies to developing countries.

Vice Chairperson and Secretary General of ACRC Chung Seung-Yun and Director of the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre (USPC) Anne Juepner will participate in the MOU signing ceremony and engage in discussions regarding future cooperation measures.

 In 2015, ACRC and UNDP signed the initial MOU with the aim of sharing and disseminating Korea’s anti-corruption policies within developing countries.

At the ceremony, the two agencies will conduct a review of the anti-corruption policies sharing project carried out over the past eight years and exchange information on exemplary anti-corruption policies that have yielded achievements recognized in Korea. In addition, they will discuss measures for sharing and cooperation by leveraging the global network of the UNDP.

The two agencies have been sharing the Anti-Corruption Initiative Assessment (AIA) and Corruption Risk Assessment (CRA) with nine countries*, including Vietnam and Malaysia.

* Vietnam, Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Colombia, Algeria, Montenegro, Kosovo, Myanmar, and Mongolia

AIA is an institution designed to assess anti-corruption practices and integrity activities and their achievements within public institutions, aimed at elevating their integrity levels. CRA is an institution designed to prevent corrupt behaviors in advance by identifying corruption-prone factors, implementing improvement measures, and recommending them to competent authorities concerning legislation.

The two agencies have sustained their active cooperation, including the joint publication of resource materials on both AIA and CRA.

Since 2022, they have been sharing Clean Portal, a platform for reporting corruption and public interest violations, with Kosovo, Mongolia, and Uzbekistan and promoting the publication of resource materials covering its achievements.

Vice Chairperson and Secretary General of ACRC, Chung Seung-Yun, said, “Through the UNDP, we have been sharing Korea’s exemplary anti-corruption policies with developing countries while contributing to raising the level of integrity in each country by establishing an anti-corruption solidarity. We will endeavor to ensure that the cooperation between our agencies translates into practical assistance in the fight against corruption within developing countries.”

Director of the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre, Anne Juepner, said, “We look forward to further disseminating Korea’s exemplary anti-corruption policies to developing countries by continuing our cooperation with ACRC.”